Hi everyone,
This is Frank our dwarf Hermann tortoise, he is 2 years old and recently we have noticed his shell has been pyramiding.
We feed him fresh crispy lettuce (With calcium and nutrobal - every other day) every day, alongside his tortoise mix food - but he doesn’t really eat much of this. We also give him a strawberry and some cucumber once a fortnight.
The temperature is around 30 degrees during the day and around 29 at night in the vivarium.
We bath him and get him out for exercise around the house 2/3 times a week.
I have read that this can be due to genetics, but I am very worried and just want to make sure we are looking after him properly. There isn’t much information on the internet as he is a rare breed of tortoise. But we are going to ask in the pet shop we got him from tomorrow. But any help and ideas from anyone would be very much appreciated.
Thank you so much
This is Frank our dwarf Hermann tortoise, he is 2 years old and recently we have noticed his shell has been pyramiding.
We feed him fresh crispy lettuce (With calcium and nutrobal - every other day) every day, alongside his tortoise mix food - but he doesn’t really eat much of this. We also give him a strawberry and some cucumber once a fortnight.
The temperature is around 30 degrees during the day and around 29 at night in the vivarium.
We bath him and get him out for exercise around the house 2/3 times a week.
I have read that this can be due to genetics, but I am very worried and just want to make sure we are looking after him properly. There isn’t much information on the internet as he is a rare breed of tortoise. But we are going to ask in the pet shop we got him from tomorrow. But any help and ideas from anyone would be very much appreciated.
Thank you so much